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Vice: Where did you get the name Dr. Lakra? What kind of doctor are you?

Vice: Here in Australia, people are most familiar with your intricate line drawings.

He's an illustrator who draws mountains and monsters.

Angelo di Marco takes random human-interest stories and turns them into horrorific masterpieces of draftsmanship. French people are crazy about his work.

Vice: I imagine the inside of your brain looking like your drawings, but more Canadian.

Vice: Your style is quite distinctive, how would you describe it?

The French edition of Vice shares an office with a “creative company” called Surface to Air. One good thing about them is that they employ the most beautiful, feminine creature ever to walk the earth.

Vice: I hear you only draw with ballpoint pens and permanent markers.

Vice: Hello, you Norwegian artist you. I command thee to describe your drawings without using the word “amazing.” Ready? Go!

Driving his white Chang An Ling Mu “City Baby” compact past the 5th Ring Road into the far west precincts of Beijing Coach Johnee surveys the grey murk ahead in the distance.

"The only things that I’m embarrassed about are the drawings I made when I was going to an art school in Gothenburg."

Not all artists spend their days smoking hand-rolled cigarettes and getting hammered down at the Rusty Toe while wondering what to do with the next few weeks of their lives.